. Annual report of the Street Dept. of the City of Boston. h Boston. Totals 21 The above table shows the work done by contractors for theabutters on what is called the subscription plan. The work isexactly the same as the amount rendered the year the watering is done rests with the abutter, and it canbe readily appreciated that many elect to go without water whenit is understood that there are miles of streets, paved inone way or another, and but miles of them are fact that the city takes care of the macadam streets mayhave been the
. Annual report of the Street Dept. of the City of Boston. h Boston. Totals 21 The above table shows the work done by contractors for theabutters on what is called the subscription plan. The work isexactly the same as the amount rendered the year the watering is done rests with the abutter, and it canbe readily appreciated that many elect to go without water whenit is understood that there are miles of streets, paved inone way or another, and but miles of them are fact that the city takes care of the macadam streets mayhave been the reason why many declined to provide for thewatering of the paved streets on which thej^ happened to live;but it is certain that the subscription plan is unsatisfactory forthe greater reason that some abutters have paid for the ser-vice, while their neighbors, declining, have had a benefit attheir expense. The experience of other cities is in the samedirection. 354 City Document No. 34. Work done by the Contractors Free of Cost to the City. Name. Daniel Clark Potter Bros Proctor Bros O. Nute & A. Hall & Totals The above table shows. the amount of watering done by thecontractors free of cost to the city. This is in return for thesubscription privileges extended to them. It represents a savingof about $2,000 to the division. Distribution of Carts, showing Entire Amount of Work done. No. DISTRICT. HiredCarts. ContractorsCarts. Total. Miles. 1 ,2 East Boston 987 1320192020 1 11 10 9 8 1320192335 3f 25 3 4 5 West Koxbury 6 7 3 1531 8 9 10 Totals 116 24f 1401 Street Department — Street Watering Division. 355 Location by Districts. Districts. Water-Posts. 1891. 1S97. ElectricHydrants. South Boston . ..Charlestown . .. Brighton West Roxbury. Dorchester Roxbury City .. 2316192550615324 2834204467836853 Totals 271 397 Note — An increase of 126 stand-pipes since 1891. The d
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